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AfterHours & Open House @ Holiday Hill

Join us at our October Chamber After Hours & Open House at Holiday Hill.

Thursday, Oct 17, 2019
4:30-6:00 pm
Holiday Hill Day Camp – 41 Chaffeeville Road Mansfield Center
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MARIJUANA: HOW DO EMPLOYERS HANDLE IT

MARIJUANA:  WHAT IS AND WHAT ISN’T AND HOW DO EMPLOYERS HANDLE IT

Thursday, October 17
8:30 am
Windham Hospital
Open to the public and free
Coffee served

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Please note that online registration closes the day before the event at 12pm.

Topics:

  • Medical marijuana and medical dispensaries
  • CBD oil medicinal benefits and issues
  • How to handle employees taking medical marijuana
  • Drug tests
  • Policies

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Participate In This Years Holiday Shopping Trail

The Windham Region Chamber of Commerce is partnering with several other Eastern CT Chambers to promote our local small businesses during the holiday season.  This will be the second year we are working together.  Any participating business will be included in a “passport” where customers will be encouraged to visit starting on Small Business Saturday.  If you want to be listed in the passport for customers to find you (and they range from Mystic to Old Sturbridge) please make sure you sign up.  The deadline is October 15.  The flyer is attached.  The link to sign up is here:  ChamberECT.com/trail

There were hundreds of participants last year and we expect even more this year.  Customers with stamps in their passports are eligible for a grand prize…a round trip vacation to Ireland!!!

We will be having an organizational meeting to go over the details and to supply you with the passports, posters, stamps, etc. that you will need to be a participating location.  Please call Diane if you have any questions at 860-428-7739.

HOW IT WORKS:

Beginning on Small Business Saturday, November 30, and continuing until Tuesday, December 24, individuals can pick up a Holiday Shopping Trail passport at participating venues throughout eastern CT. Shoppers will accumulate stickers in their passports by visiting or making purchases at shops, restaurants, and other local businesses. These stickers will enter participants into a special drawing for prizes.

WHY IT WORKS:

The Trail is designed to bring customers through your door; the more stores a shopper visits the better the prize they can enter to win. The grand prize is a pair of airline tickets to Ireland! You can turn foot traffic into a sale or begin to build a relationship with a new customer.

SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE:

There is no cost to participate, and your business will be featured on the Holiday Shopping Trail passport and in related marketing. This is a great opportunity to bring shoppers in your doors this holiday season, so don’t miss out!

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP: October 18, 2019

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October 2019 Women’s Council Luncheon

Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm
Location: Questers’ Way – 95 Storrs Rd, Mansfield
Cost: $20 members | $25 non members– includes lunch

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You must register no later than 12pm, the Monday before the luncheon on our website.

The Chamber of Commerce, Windham Region, is proud to announce that one of its three main focuses this year has been its Women’s Council.  The Chamber created the Women’s Council to provide services and programs to support and encourage women’s leadership and ownership in business and to strengthen the impact of women on the economy by creating jobs, fueling economic growth, and building strong communities. Our goals are to:

  • Increase awareness of entrepreneurship as a viable means of economic self-sufficiency
  • Accelerate the growth rate of enterprises owned by and/or run by women
  • Encourage and support women in leadership roles
  • Stimulate public policy and system changes that support and strengthen economic, intellectual and emotional empowerment of women
  • Provide opportunities for women to meet each other, network and support each other, both professionally and personally, in a positive and effective venue.

The Women’s Council meets monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 11:30-1:00 at Questers’ Way.  Lunch is included for $20 for Chamber members and $25 for non-members.  If you would like to be a part of this exceptional experience please call us for more information at 860-423-6389 or visit our website WindhamChamber.com.